1928
Mishta-Napesh's camp at "the trouting place" up Flower's River. From the look of William Duncan Strong's 1928 map, this lake is probably Kapapisht unipim. Photo courtesy Stephen Loring and the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
ID: 181
Longitude: -61.0099
Latitude: 55.4485
Pronunciation: ka:pa:hpəs unəpi:m
Translation: Kapapisht's Lake
Feature: lakes (2 connected by a river)
Explanation:
Named after Settler Andrew Lane whose Innu name is Kapapisht ('The Smiling One'). Andrew Lane, who had a house at Big Bay, used to trap in the area of this lake.
Named after Settler Andrew Lane whose Innu name is Kapapisht ('The Smiling One'). Andrew Lane, who had a house at Big Bay, used to trap in the area of this lake.